Griffin Expresses Some Concern Over NASA Authorization Bills

摘要

The U.S. Congress adjourned for the Thanksgiving holiday recess on the verge of authorizing for the first time the space exploration vision outlined by U.S. President George W. Bush in January 2004. Having already passed bills providing NASA's 2006 funding and easing a five-year-old law that stood in the way of buying Russian hardware for the international space station, lawmakers are within striking distance of one more key item on the civil-space agenda: passage of the first NASA Authorization Act since 2000.